Card-index



S. FAITH AND N. BOU CHER. cum INDEX. APPLICATION FILED DEC-6| I919.

Patented 1,1921. 3

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CARD INDEX.

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CARD INDEX.

APPLICATION FILED 050.6,1919.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

3 SHEETSSHEEI 3- \/E' G Ruth N Boucher Stephen UNITED STATES Tamil whomit may conce'm Be-it known that we, STEPHEN FAITH and. Emma N. BOU'CEER,citizens of the United Slates, and residents of the city of Chicago,

is the cemty of Geek and State of Illinois, ham new and useful Im- J -M:in CardJndexes'; and we (10 re y declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reieremehad to theaccompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

Th" invention relates to an improved type oi a. selecti'vel operatedclassified card in- M, wherein operated ejecting levers are adapted tobe operated to elevate cards into a visible position. f

It is an object of this invention to provide as card index;

It is also an object of the invention to provide a" key operated cardindex.

Another object of'the invention is the construction ofan index whereinclassified cards may be selectively projected from a card case.

A further object of the invention is the construction or a cardindex"wherein kev operated levers are adapted to be selectively rated to raisenotched index cards out provided in the card index casing.

1 isan important object of this invention to: provide a simple andeffective card index the cards" are engaged with hooked key operatedlevers to permit any one or plurality of cards to be: projected from theindex casing.

Qther and; further important objects of flak invention willbe apparentfrom the in'the drawings and specification. The invention (in apreferred form)- is illustratedin the drawings and hereinafter morevfully described.

0n the drawings;

Figure L is a sideelevation of a.- card inden embodying the principlesof this vention.

Fig, Qis a top plan view thereof.

Fig.3 is a front end view'of the device. Fig. 4. is a sectional viewtaken on line e wated position. Ei 5 is a section on line 5-=5ofSpecification of Letters Patent.

of-iFig. 2 showing one of the. cards in PATENT OFFICE.

I STEPHEN FAITH'AND EDMOBE BOUCHEB, OF CHICAGO,

CARD-INDEX. r

Patented Feb. 1,1921.

Application filed December 6, 1919. Serial No. 342,920.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged bottom plan View %f one of the keys taken on line66 of ig. 7 is a detail section taken on line 7 ners of theside walls-'3and 4,, are cut away to permit a key board or plate 7 to be rigidlysecuredinpositionto'close the front reduced portion of the casing. Theplate 7 is pro vided with a plurality of slots or openings 8 arranged inoffset rows. I

Struck from the high portion of the side wall 3 are two vertical anglestrips or guides 9 adapted to permit a calendar 10' or memoranduni cardsto beheld in place as shown in Fig. 1. 'Al'so provided on the sidewall 3andnear the lower portion thereof'is a horizontal pencil holder 11*adapted to; hold a pencil12 seated therein. As clearly shown in- Fig. 4,the upper front wall extends below the key board plate 7 and is rovidedwith an integral flange 13. Rigidly mcu'retl' to the flange 13 and tothe side walls of the casing is a horizontal guide plate or partition 14provided with apluralityof, slbtsor openings 15 disposed directly belowthe slots Sin the plate 7.

- The opera-ti within the front chamber 16 of the casing and roject intothe. rear or card chamber 170 said casing. Securely mounted withinthecard chamber 16 parallel to and spaced a short distance infront. ofthe rear wall 2 is a plate 18 the upper margin of whinh is bentrearwardly at right angles to form a flange 19 which is secured to theupper edge of said rear wall. Theplate 18 and the flange 19 thereof arecut: or stamped; toaf ford a pluralityof parallel card guide slots 20.Also rigidly siacz'uredtransverselyin the card, chamber 17 andsubstantially midway between the rear wall 2 and the-upperit; of

V which is bent forwardly at right angles to cess 26 having thereof.

form a top flange plate 22, the front edge of which is secured to theupper edge of the upper front wall 5. The plate 21 and the flange plate22 thereof are cut or stamped to afford a plurality, of parallelvertical slots 24 which register with each other. The slots 23 and 24are disposed opposite the slots 20 to afiord suitable ide ways forreceiving index cards 25. he lower margin of each of the index cards 25is cut to provide a rea notch 27 forming a part shaft 28. Integrallyformed on the end of each short ejector arm 29 is a stop 32 and a fingeror lug 33 positioned at right angles to each other. Each of the longejector arms 30 is disposed to lie underneath one of the index cards 25with the ejector hook positioned to engage in the card recess 26.

An independently operable mechanism is provided for each of the cardejectors. Each of said mechanisms comprises a key or button 34 providedwith a name plate 35 secured between a transparent covering 36 and backplate 37. The covering 36, the name plate 35, and the back plate 37 areheld in lace within the key 34 by retaining lugs 38. ach key 34 issupported by a stem or holder '39 I which projects downwardly throughone of the keyboard slots 8 and the slot 15 directly therebelow in theplate 14. The lower end of each key stem 39 is provided with a slot 40to permit the key stem-to engage over, one

= of the ejector lugs 33, as shown in Fig. 9.

HThe operation is as follows:

- The card index is portable and may be constructed of wood or metal, ora combination of both. As shown in Fig. 1, the casing is arranged topermit a calendar 10v or, if desired, memorandum slips or cards, to becarried by the holders 9, so that notations may be readily made with apencil carried by the holder 11. a

The index cards 25 are first properly classified and then depositedinthe respective slots 20-23-24, so that the lower edges thereof will bepositioned above the long arms 30 of the ejectors. The hooks 31 of theejectors are adapted to project into the card recesses 26 to support thecards within the card chamber 17,

M08011 in Fig.2, the keys are let 1,se7,oso

those bearing letters.

tered alphabetically and are arranged ,with the keys in one row offsetor staggered with respect to those in another row. Any suitable key nameplates maybe usedother than To elevate or eject a certain card 25 fromtheindex casing the corresponding key 34 is plate 14,thus limiting theupward swing of thejejector. Upward movement of an ejec tor arm 30causes the'h'ook 31thereof to elevate the index card 25 resting thereon;With the elevation of a card 25, thehook31 moves in the recess 26thereof and engages in the r notch 27, therebv holding the elevated cardto prevent complete ejection thereof from the card chamber 17. Uponrelease of a key 34 the weight of the card 25 and the ejector act as acounter-weight to automatically ele-. vate the key 34 to its normalelevated position. Y

If desired the card slots may be made wider to hold a plurality ofcards, all of which may be elevatedby simply depressing a single key. Anumber of keys 34 may be operated at the same time to cause a pluralityof cards to be elevated if desired. The designations on the key nameplates permit a selective operation to be conveniently made of the cardscontained within the index casing. A card may be readily removed fromits normal position or when only partly elevated and before the ejectorhook engages in the card notch 27.-

We are aware that numerous details of construction may be varied througha wide range without departing from the principles of this invention,and we therefore donot purpose limiting the patent granted other wisethan necessitatel by the prior art.

We claim as our invention:

1. A card index comprising a casing'having guide slots therein forholding a notched card, an ejector pivotally mounted within 1 thecasing, a hook thereon for engaging in the notch of said card, a fingeron said ejector, a key, a slotted stem secured to said key and engagedon said finger topermit said ejector to swing upwardly to elevate thecard when the key is depressed, and a stop'integrally formed on thepivoted end of said ejector for limiting the upward movement of saidejector and card.'

2. A card index comprising a casing hav- Y ing guide slots therein forreceiving index cards, said cards having notches therein, ejectors insaid casing for elevating said cards, keys for operating said ejectors,and

hooks on said ejectors adapted to engage in the card notches to hold thecards locked against complete ejection when elevated.

3. A card index comprising a casinghaving card guide slots therein,slotted guide plates forming a part of said casing, keys positionedabove said plates, slotted stems secured to said keys and projectingdownwardly through the slots in said plates, ejectors pivotally mountedin said casing, means integrally formed thereon adapted to be engaged bythe key stems, stops formed on said ejectors for limiting the movementthereof, and means also formed on said ejectors for engaging cards insaid casing to permit elevation of said cards when said keys aredepressed.

In testimony whereof'we have'hereunto subscribed our names in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

STEPHEN FAITH. EDMORE N. BOUCHER. Witnesses:

,.CHARLES W. HILLs, Jr.,

FRED E. PAESLER.

